Fringe Observiews 4.18 The Consultant

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visual observations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense.

Screen caps from this episode are taken from fringefiles.com. Dialog is from fringepedia.net/transcripts.

All observations are mine and therefore could be totally off the wall and/or wrong. I have not read or looked at any recaps or reviews. I could also have missed a few things, oh well…

1.18 Midnight

NICHOLAS BOONE: “How far would you go for someone you love?”

Let’s find out, shall we?

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Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 419, "Letters Of Transit"-FightTheFuture

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 419, "Letters Of Transit"-Fight The Futre
The last Fringe Twitter and GetGlue campaign, sponsored by Fringenuity on April 13th was quite successful.
Thanks to Fox Broadcasting's help, the entire episode aired with the Fringenuity hash tag "AcrossTheUniverse" on the screen instead of #Fringe, for the fourth time in the show's history!

There are lots of awesome statistics that emerged from this event, read more here.

The group, Fringenuity, hosts the Friday night Twitter/GetGlue campaigns.
Fringe Television is proud to support Fringenuity's efforts to promote "Fringe" in as many social media venues as possible, and asks for your help.

Tomorrow night we want to continue our social media domination, and the Fringedom wants to try to get the hash tag #FightTheFuture to trend on Twitter starting at 8PM Eastern.
That's 1 hour before the new episode airs, and then again at 8PM Pacific time.

Why keep tweeting? Because we know that ratings isn't just about Nielsen boxes anymore. TV networks and their contractors pay attention to which TV shows are 'socially-active' and our show Fringe is very socially-active on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other venues.

Why continue this effort? Last Friday's event catapaulted Fringe in multiple social media platforms, and we need to keep Fringe visible in these platforms in the weeks ahead, especially with the ongoing FOX/Warner Brothers negotiaions for a Season 5.

Please consider joining in tomorrow night at 8PM Eastern and 8PM Pacific to support your favorite show by signing into Twitter and using the #FightTheFuture hash tag.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, you can create an new account rather painlessly at http://www.twitter.com/.

For more information on this week's special Fringe Twitter event visit the Fringenuity website here.

You can also adopt a special icon from at least 23 designs(!), and/or 7 lovely banners for this event by clicking here.

An important reminder: Please do not tweet with the #FightTheFuture hash tag until 8PM Eastern, to increase the likelihood of trending! And volume helps, so tweet slowly, and tweet often after the start time Friday night! Also, retweet tweets that you like, that have the # hash tag.

Let's dominate Twitter Friday night, and make our hash tag and our show trend worldwide! Again!

***ButWait! There's more!***

Another social network platform that needs our attention on Friday nights is GetGlue.com.
If you are not familiar with getglue.com it is a very clever advertising site married to social networking.
GetGlue merges fans with their interests, and their interests' sponsors.

If you have a GetGlue account you can "check-in" to Fringe. The shows that get the most check-ins are highly visible to the networks and the show's sponsors.

It is recommended you start checking into GetGlue closer to the start time of Fringe to increase the chance of trending there. For the last several Friday nights we made Fringe the #1 checked in show on GetGlue!

Fringenuity is asking that this Friday, your first check-in to one of Fringe's sponsors on GetGlue, ie. Nissan Leaf(since this is Earth Week), and thank them for supporting Fringe. Think it doesn't make a difference? Guess again.

For the last few weeks, due to our GetClue check-ins, the Nissan Leaf was one of the most checked-in sponsors on the site.

Let’s make it a combined effort to not only check-in to the show, but to also check-in to the show’s advertisers and comment, “Thank You for your support of Fringe! @FringeOnFox”

If you don’t have a GetGlue account, make one at http://www.getglue.com/.

You can post your check-ins to Twitter and/or Facebook.
The more activity, the better, as this may also get other Fringies involved in the GetGlue check-ins.

GetGlue also has convenient mobile phone aps for iphone, Android, and Blackberry.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Please, enjoy the new episode tomorrow night, and support high visibility of your show by tweeting on Twitter with the special hash tag, and checking into Fringe at GetGlue and thanking at least 1 of Friday night's many sponsors. Your efforts will not go unrewarded, and may help increase our chances of getting a Season 5.

It would be especially awesome for all of you reading this to get involved in these 2 campaigns, as both executive producers, Joel Wyman & Jeff Pinkner, will be LIVE tweeting during both airings tomorrow night, as well as Joshua Jackson, who will be LIVE tweeting during the west coast airing. Let's show these 3 important people via social media, our Fringe love.

Fringedom, the time is now! If you want your Season 5, Watch "Letters Of Transit" LIVE tomorrow night, and join in this Twitter/GetGlue event!

Make sure FOX Broadcasting and the Fringe sponsors know that you want another season of FRINGE!!

Fringe Noble Intentions: "The Consultant"

John Noble discusses Walter's relationship with Fauxlivia, and the advice given to Broyles about his son, in this latest episode of Noble Intentions, for the Fringe episode "The Consultant".

Fringe Teaser: #April20thIsTheNineteenth - Part #4

Here is part 4 of the Fringe teaser series "April 20th Is The Nineteenth". April 20th is the air date of the Fringe episode "Letters of Transit", which is the 19th episode this season (#419).

Protocol?

Shoot First. ???? ????

We don't just have to accept our fate, we can fight back

????? ????? observers.

There are hidden elements in this video, so "observe it closely"!

Head over to FringeFiles.com to see select screenshots of the video. (available later tonight)

Click "Read More" to see some of the Easter eggs

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Vote For Fringe In The E! "Save One Show" Poll

E! Online is running their annual Save One Show event, which gives you a unique chance to help rescue your favorite endangered series from the evil clutches of cancellation. Here is an explanation of how it works:

After we get our winner, we announce the show to save on E! News and on E! Online, and then we take your message directly to that network. The powers-that-be will get your message loud and clear. And in the past decade, we've successfully help rescues shows like Felicity, Angel and One Tree Hill. When we get down to the finales, we even get the stars of the shows involved, and the outcome is always amazing.

Fringe is currently in the top five, but it is a fairly close race, so make your vote count!

E! Online: Save One Show: Vote for the Top Five!

'Fringe': Josh Jackson and John Noble talk Season 5 and the Peter and Walter dynamic

'Fringe': Josh Jackson and John Noble talk Season 5 and the Peter and Walter dynamic
By Carina Adly MacKenzie

April 13, 2012 4:36 PM ET

"Fringe" fans are used to seeing the dynamic between our favorite characters shift suddenly and dramatically -- and while it's always fun to explore new versions of old friends, we've found ourselves missing that old banter between Peter (Joshua Jackson) and Walter (John Noble) this season.

"We had to fight to get the old dynamic back," Noble told Zap2it when we caught up with him at the opening of Warner Bros' Television Out Of The Box exhibit at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills. "As characters, and as people, because Josh and I love playing it."

Now that Peter knows he's been home this entire time and that Walter and Olivia are his Walter and Olivia, Jackson tells us that Peter will continue to grow more comfortable with his father. "So far as Peter's concerned, these are all his people now. All of the barriers between Peter and Walter should then be removed," Jackson says. "Even though Walter has to come out of his shell, still, a little bit, there's no reason for that father-son love to not be there. It's not the central portion of our story toward the end of the season, but he and I love doing it, and it's a good portion of the story."

"The payoff is really there at the end of the season," Noble says, promising a more familiar relationship between father and son. "You do see that again."

Speaking of fathers and sons -- Jackson promises that fans are about to see the fall-out from the revelation that Peter had a son. "You're about to find out," he teases, with a very sly look on his face. (Seriously, just watch the video below.) You won't want to miss tonight's new episode at 9 p.m. EST on FOX.

Fans are anxiously awaiting news as to whether "Fringe" will be returning after this year for Season 5. "There are a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings out there, between us and FOX," Noble says. "I know that the FOX executives love the show. It's just a matter of business, and it's very close, because we're an expensive show."

Read Carina's entire Zap2it post here.

The Latest from "Ask Matt" and TV Guide

Apr 16, 2012 09:24 AM ET

by Matt Roush

Send questions and comments to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter!

Question: As a Fringe fan, I have participated in the Twitter campaigns on Friday night as I watch the show, but I can not help wondering if these type of campaigns really make any difference. Many viewers seem to DVR Fringe or wait until it comes out on Netflix, and no fan campaign is going to change these viewing habits enough for the nightly ratings to drastically change. So do you think these campaigns work when there is little increase in ratings? — Mandy


Matt Roush: The networks take many factors into account these days when deciding the fate of a cult "bubble" show like Fringe. Social media (and the attention paid by more traditional media) are playing a role as well, but to spare you from my generalizing, let me steer you toward the best story I've read on this topic in a while, by my colleague Michael Schneider. Bottom line from my POV: It can't hurt to let your passion be known to the network and/or to advertisers in whatever form — although sending tchotchkes seems to be out of vogue — but fan campaigns have limited effect if the show doesn't somehow pull its weight or otherwise make sense economically. Still, with Fringe more than most shows in its situation, I wouldn't lose hope.

Read Matt's entire post here.

Beyond The Fringe Comic #5: Chapter B

DC Comics has released the tenth comic in the "Beyond The Fringe" direct-to-digital series.

Beyond The Fringe #5: Chapter B was written by Cole Fowler, is available now for $0.99 via Comixology.com.

Here is the official description:

Imagine If... Walter Outlived The Earth

Imagine If...Fringe was in space! In an alternate future where the Earth has been destroyed, we find Walter, newly unfrozen from cryogenic sleep, leading a spaceship of surviving humans through the universe, searching for another planet to call home.

Order "Beyond The Fringe" here

Fringe Review: The Consultant

“No one can be certain exactly what they’re capable of.”

As I work my way though a complete Alias re-watch, and as I’m considering a Lost re-watch for this summer, I keep puzzling over the emphasis on parent/child relationships in JJ Abrams shows (even ones, like Fringe, that he’s not very involved in). One of the great strengths of Fringe—an area where it outshines Lost and even, a little bit, Alias—is its examination of parent/child conflicts from both sides of the relationship. The challenges and anguishes of parenthood are just as important as the pain and trauma the children experience.

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Fringe Observer in "The Consultant"

Observers make an appearance in every Fringe episode. In the Fringe episode "The Consultant", one can be spotted walking right behind David Jones before he meets with Colonel Broyles.

You can see all of the other hidden appearances of Observers here.

Closeup of the Observer after the break:

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Fringe 419 Preview: "Letters Of Transit"

Here is the preview from the end of "The Consultant" for the Fringe episode "Letters Of Transit", which airs on FRIDAY, April 20th at 9:00PM on FOX.

Screenshots from this preview can be viewed at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe Glyph Code in "The Consultant"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode "The Consultant" spelled out SIMON.

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Episode 418: "The Consultant"

WALTER GOES TO THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

Walter travels to the Alternate Universe to assist in the investigation of a Fringe event with ties to both worlds. Meanwhile, David Robert Jones reveals his next target.

Happy Fringe Friday!

During tonight's episode, you can chat LIVE in the Fringe Chat Room, and help promote Fringe by tweeting about the episode using this week's hashmark #AcrossTheUniverse (Wait until 8pm, and don't use any other #hashtags!), plus please add the word Fringe (without a #) into your tweet, if possible.

Also, don't forget to check-in to Fringe at GetGlue to get this week's Fringe sticker.

After the episode airs, continue the discussion here in the comments, and get more Fringe information at the:

• Episode page on Fringepedia
• Transcript on Fringepedia
• Screenshot gallery at FringeFiles
• Promotional photos at FringeFiles

Check back here soon for Observer sightings, Glyph codes, and other Fringe Easter Eggs.

How do you rate the Fringe episode "The Consultant"?

Fringe Teaser: #April20thIsTheNineteenth - Part #3

Here is part 3 of the Fringe teaser series "April 20th Is The Nineteenth". April 20th is the air date of the Fringe episode "Letters of Transit", which is the 19th episode this season (#419).

Agents, what seems to be the matter?

No matter, we're just heading out of town.

I trust you have papers

There are hidden elements in this video, so "observe it closely"!

Head over to FringeFiles.com to see select screenshots of the video.

Click "Read More" to see some of the Easter eggs

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FRINGE: Now That Olivia Remembers Peter and Her Timeline, Is Walter Next? Josh Jackson Weighs In

FRINGE: Now That Olivia Remembers Peter and Her Timeline, Is Walter Next? Josh Jackson Weighs In
 April 12, 2012 by Marisa Roffman

 Most fans of FRINGE’s Peter and Olivia were thrilled when she finally remembered her life from our original timeline (and Peter got confirmation he had been home all along), but there has been one key thing that has been missing — Walter’s memories.

True, Walter and Peter had a lovely moment in “Nothing As It Seems,” but it’s still not the relationship we spent three seasons growing to love. So when I sat down with Josh Jackson (Peter) on the FRINGE set last week, I asked him whether his character would now be trying to get his father to remember his past now that Olivia has finally “returned” to the right state of mind.

Read Marisa's entire Give Me My Remote post here.

Fringe Observiews 4.17 Everything In Its Right Place

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visual observations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense.

Screen caps from this episode are taken from fringefiles.com. Dialog is from fringepedia.net/transcripts.

All observations are mine and therefore could be totally off the wall and/or wrong. I have not read or looked at any recaps or reviews. I could also have missed a few things, oh well…

This is a plaque I have in my Fringe case and it is what I thought of and looked at when Alt-Lincoln said (4.17 Everything In Its Right Place):
“Maybe it's free will. I don't buy that we're all just defined by our circumstances. Maybe I just made a choice to become the man I wanted to be.”

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Fringe Noble Intentions: "Everything In Its Right Place"

John Noble discusses discussing Gene and Walter's enthusiasm for experimentation in this latest episode of Noble Intentions, for the Fringe episode "Everything In Its Right Place".

Fringe Wins Zap2It's TV March Madness

The fans have spoken - the winner of the 2012 TV March Madness tournament is the no. 13-seeded "Fringe"!

Congratulations to the show, its stars and its fans who propelled it to victory.

Along the way, "Fringe" bested "Game of Thrones," "Sherlock," "Justified" and "Castle" in the On-Air Drama region, then toppled top-seeded "Community" and "Arrested Development" in the Final Four and the finals.

Head over to Zap2It for the full bracket, and to see how far other shows made it in the tourney.

Zap2It: 'Fringe' wins TV March Madness; Here's hoping it gets renewed

Which Sci-Fi Series Would You Save: Alcatraz, Awake, Fringe or Sanctuary?

Which Sci-Fi Series Would You Save: Alcatraz, Awake, Fringe or Sanctuary?
By Michael Simpson, April 1, 2012 in Features

Is Sanctuary still open for business?

Last week Terra Nova became the latest sci-fi series to be confined to network television’s archives. Netflix passed on the opportunity to breathe life into the expensive dinosaur adventure that FOX dropped from its schedule after one season.

Recently we’ve also seen the first, and possibly last, season finale of Alcatraz, the latest promising fantasy mystery to walk the way of Lost. Even having J.J. Abrams’ name among the credits is no guarantee that it will return. Given its less than stellar ratings, this series may also be condemned to the inescapable prison of TV history with many questions unresolved.

It’s not alone. FOX loves Fringe but that might not be enough to save it from another season of viewing figures that don’t do justice to possibly the smartest sci-fi show on television. Meanwhile Awake hasn’t generated the kind of excitement that can earn a renewal even when ratings are in a slumber.

Fringe fans, voting is still open for this poll! Fringe is currently in the lead.

To vote for Fringe and read the entire cinemaspy.com article, click here.

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 418, "The Consultant"-AcrossTheUniverse

Fringe Twitter and GetGlue Campaign For 418, "The Consultant"-AcrossTheUniverse
The last Fringe Twitter and GetGlue campaign, sponsored by Fringenuity on April 6th was quite successful.
Thanks to Fox Broadcasting's help, the entire episode aired with the Fringenuity hash tag "Face Yourself" on the screen instead of #Fringe, for the third time in the show's history!

There are lots of awesome statistics that emerged from this event, read more here.

The group, Fringenuity, hosts the Friday night Twitter/GetGlue campaigns.
Fringe Television is proud to support Fringenuity's efforts to promote "Fringe" in as many social media venues as possible, and asks for your help.

Tomorrow night we want to continue our social media domination, and the Fringedom wants to try to get the hash tag #AcrossTheUniverse to trend on Twitter starting at 8PM Eastern.

That's 1 hour before the new episode airs, and then again at 8PM Pacific time.

Why keep tweeting? Because we know that ratings isn't just about Nielsen boxes anymore. TV networks and their contractors pay attention to which TV shows are 'socially-active' and our show Fringe is very socially-active on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other venues.

Why continue this effort? Last Friday's event catapaulted Fringe in multiple social media platforms, and we need to keep Fringe visible in these platforms in the weeks ahead, especially with the ongoing FOX/Warner Brothers negotiaions for a Season 5.

Please consider joining in tomorrow night at 8PM Eastern and 8PM Pacific to support your favorite show by signing into Twitter and using the #AcrossTheUniverse hash tag.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, you can create an new account rather painlessly at http://www.twitter.com/.

For more information on this week's special Fringe Twitter event visit the Fringenuity website here.

You can also adopt a special icon from 6(!) lovely sets, and/or 1 lovely banner for this event by clicking here.

An important reminder: Please do not tweet with the #AcrossTheUniverse hash tag until 8PM Eastern, to increase the likelihood of trending! And volume helps, so tweet slowly, and tweet often after the start time Friday night! Also, retweet tweets that you like, that have the # hash tag.

Let's dominate Twitter Friday night, and make our hash tag and our show trend worldwide! Again!

***ButWait! There's more!***

Another social network platform that needs our attention on Friday nights is GetGlue.com.
If you are not familiar with getglue.com it is a very clever advertising site married to social networking.
GetGlue merges fans with their interests, and their interests' sponsors.
If you have a GetGlue account you can "check-in" to Fringe. The shows that get the most check-ins are highly visible to the networks and the show's sponsors.

It is recommended you start checking into GetGlue closer to the start time of Fringe to increase the chance of trending there. For the last 2 Friday nights we made Fringe the #1 checked in show on GetGlue!

You can also look up Fringe's sponsors on GetGlue, check-in to them, ie. Nissan Leaf, Sprint, etc., and thank them for supporting Fringe. Think it doesn't make a difference? Guess again.

For the last few weeks, due to our GetClue check-ins, the Nissan Leaf was one of the most checked-in sponsors on the site.

Let’s make it a combined effort to not only check-in to the show, but to also check-in to the show’s advertisers and comment, “Thank You for your support of Fringe! @FringeOnFox”

If you don’t have a GetGlue account, make one at http://www.getglue.com/.

You can post your check-ins to Twitter and/or Facebook.
The more activity, the better, as this may also get other Fringies involved in the GetGlue check-ins.

GetGlue also has convenient mobile phone aps for iphone, Android, and Blackberry.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Please, enjoy the new episode tomorrow night, and support high visibility of your show by tweeting on Twitter with the special hash tag, and checking into Fringe at GetGlue and thanking at least 1 of Friday night's many sponsors. Your efforts will not go unrewarded, and may help increase our chances of getting a Season 5.

Fringedom, the time is now! If you want your Season 5, Watch "The Consultant" LIVE tomorrow night, and join in this Twitter/GetGlue event!

Make sure FOX Broadcasting and the Fringe sponsors know that you want another season of FRINGE!!